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WH" moes i PATENTBD MAY 19, 1908.v s. D. WOODS @L v. W. SIPES.

HEAT RADIATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED IANA, 190s.

UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

SAMUEL D. WOODS AND VICTOR \V. SIPES, OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID SIPES ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN Y. WOODS AND ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO ALEXANDER H. COUGHANOUR, Ol" UONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEAT-RADIATOR.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 3, 1908.

Patented May 1e, 190s.

serial No. 409,153.

Asteam radiators, particularly to that class of independent' heaters wherein the generator and radiator are combined or associated in the one stru cture, said invention having tor its object the provision of certain new and novel features to increase the efficiency thereof and ecoiioin of operation, as will be hereinafter more fu ly set `forth and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accom anying drawings, which form a part of tiiis specification, we have illustrated our invention by several views, wherein:

Figure I, is a side elevation of the iinproved heater, a portion of which is shown in section to disclose the interior arts. l? ig. II, is an enlarged portion of a similar view, also shown partly in section for a further disclosure of the interior parts, and Fig. III, is a vertical section through the automatic gas regulator. Likev detail parts of the structure disclosed in said views being designated by like numerals of reference in the following description.

The radiator roper may be of any approved forni, it iieing in this instance coniposed of a plurality of like sections l, to which we attach a suitable casing 2 having an opening 3 at the to thereof whereby the Same may be connecter to a chimney liuc, by a pipe 4, to carry oit olYensivc l'unies occasioned by combustion. ln'icatcd within this casing is a boiler or rimary steam generator 5, which is connecte at its base, with the radiator, by a short pipe 6, and at its top, by a similar pipe 7, to a dry or super-heating steam chamber 8, which chamber is also located within the said casingand is in turn connected to the radiator by a short pipe t).

yIn connection. with the primary generator we also employ a secondary generator, consisting of a coiled pipe 10 surrounding the generator and occupying the major portion of the space between theA same and -interior Walls of the casing, said coil being connected roundingatmosphere.

at its lower end to the lower end of the primary generator and at its'upper end to the upper end of the saine. Located beneath the said primary and secondary generators, more directly beneath the latter, is a gas burner 1l, of annular form, whichburner is,

connected to a gas supply line 12, said line having included therein an automatic as controllingdevice,coniprehendingacham er 13,hav ing therein a vertically adjustable valve seat 14 mounted upon a stem 14 for adjustment thereof, said seat being located between the inlet and outlet oieniiigs communicating with the gas line an is provided with a cornmunicatiiw or valve orifice 15, said chamber being [urti-her provided with a i'ixed diaphragm 16 carrying a downwardly disposed valve labove which diaphragm is arranged a closed tubular extension 18 which passes up into the radiator for some distance above thc Water line 19.

To the radiator portion proper, we attach a steam gage 20 to note the steam pressure, a water ga e 21 to determine the water level, a pop or re ict valve 22 as a precaution against accidental high pressure, and iii addition thereto we attach an upturned tubular connection 23, provided with a ca 24, whereby the sup ly of water in the ra( iator may be re ilenis ied when occasion demands.

n practice, the gas being lighted, the water in the primary generator becomes heated and the resultant steam therefrom passes up into the super-heater where it assumes a practically dry state preparatory to` entering sur- Furthermore, the secondary heater or coil presenting a large surface area to `the heat and as ,the heat passcsover and around between and with the coiivolutions of the coil, in its ascent, the water and moisture therein assumes a high degree of. temperature and'. consequently occasion rapid steam generation,wliich steam passes with that of the primary generator up into the super-heater for service in the radiator, which steam'after expending its heat in the radiator, condenses and returns to the bottom for further use. As the temperature gradually increases, the air in the tube 18 expands and acts upon the diaphragm of the gas controlling device, causing the attendjn valve to descend adually therewith towar the seat orifice, t ereby decreasing the supthe radiator for radiation of heat to the i ply ci gas throughp said orifice to the burner with a consequent decrease in steam generation. As the temperatpre is again restored to slightly below that of normal the air in the tube cools thus erlnitting the diaphragm and attending va ve to attain their former positions with a consequent increase of gas to the burner, said automatic control of the continuing without any percep-l gas sn ply tible c ange in heat radiation.

It will be evident that if the tube i8, of the valve or gas controlling device, was open that the same results could/be obtained by steam pressure as by air expansion in the closed tube. Furthermore, it will be a `arent that the apparatus as a whole, could) be successfully employed as a hot-water heater as weil as a steam-heater. ltwill also be ap- /palent that the structure disclosed and operation thereof' will automatically insure a normal temperature and,'economy 'of fuel.

Having thus fully shown and described our invention, what we claim ,and desire to secure by Letters latent is:

l. The combination with a plurality 'of vertically disposed communicating radiator sections, of a like disposed and alining scction connected thereto and iorminfl1 a casing,

' a primary steam generating chamber in said casmg communicating at its base with the base ot the adjacent radiator section below the water line, a dry-steam chamber located in said casing above the said generator communicatirig at itsV upper end with the adjacent radiator section ab'ove the water line and at its lower end with the upper end of said generator, ,a gasburner beneath said primary generator, and a pressure actuated gas controlling device in the gas line, said devicel comprisinci a chamber in the line, a valve seat therein between the inlet and outlet o enings," a diaphragm located in said chaniher above the valve seat and having a valve depending therefrom, and a vertically essaie said casing above the said enerators com- 'municating at its upper en with the adjacent radiator section above the Water hne and at its lower end with the upper end ofv said primary generator, a gas burner beneath said generators, and a pressure actuated gas controlling device in the gas line, said device comprising a chamber in the line, a valve seat therein between the inlet and outlet openings, a Adiephr'agm located in said chamber above the valve seat and having a valve depending therefrom, Aan'd a verticallydis'posed tubular `extension on said chamber extend ing up into the radiator.

3. .the combination with lural vertically disposed radiator sections, o a like disposed and alining casing connected thereto, a primary generating chamber, a secondary generating coil and a dry-steam chamber arranged in said casing and connected to oneanother and to the radiator, a gas burnerin the base ci said easing, and a pressure actuated gas controllin device in the gas line, said devicecomprismg -a chamber in the line the inlet and outlet openings being on a different level, a valve seat therein between said openings, a diaphragm located in said charnber above the valveseat and having a valve dependinr therefrom, and a vertically disposed tubular 'extension on .said chamber V bove the diaphragm and extending up into t e radiator, said extension being closed at its up er end.

4. 'ghe combination with lural vertically disp sed radiator sections, ov alike disposed an alining casing connected thereto, a primary generating chamber, a secondary generating coil and a dry-steam chamber arranged in said casing and connected vto 'oneanother and to the radiator, a -gas 'burner in the base of said casinv, and a 'pressure actated'gas 'controlling e'vicel in the gas line, said device comprising Ya chamber in the :line the inlet and outlet openings thereof on a diderent level, an adjustable valve seat therein between said openings, a diaphragm in said chamber above the valve, seat and having a valve depending therefrom, and a vertically disposed tubular extension on sa'id chamber above the diaphragm and extending up into the radiator.

n 'testimony whereof We-aiix our signatures in presence lof two witnesses.

` SAMUEL D. WOODS.

VICTOR W. SIPES. Witnesses: v

P. H. PnNDLnroN,

Gao. HETZEL. 

